Saturday, 14 April 2012

1978: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND SPECIAL

After the success of STAR WARS, Marvel were quick to lock up the rights to any other potential science fiction blockbuster. They moved fast to grab BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE and... Spielberg's CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND*

These are two Marvel UK produced house ads for the Marvel Super Special from April 1978, both appeared pretty frequently... often in the high-profile back page slot.

Ironically, the one-shot wasn't even a Marvel UK publication, it was a cents-to-pence import of the US edition, widely distributed in the UK.

*Marvel issued a treasury edition of BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25th CENTURY (in association with Western Publishing) and passed on THE BLACK HOLE (four issues from Whitman) and FLASH GORDON (Whitman again).

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Welcome to STARLOGGED!
It's a repository, and celebration, of Geek Media (mostly print) from the 'Star Age': that pre-millennial period between, roughly, 1972 (the opening of Marvel UK) and 1999 (the release of The Phantom Menace... and the end of innocence). But, of course, we'll bend the rules when we want to.
I only reproduce long out-of-print items for historical reference. I don't include anything that's currently in-print, is likely to be reprinted or otherwise commercially exploited by the copyright holder.
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